Happy Record Store Day: A Clip
In case you didn’t know it, Saturday, April 16, 2011, is Record Store Day. Many many years ago I worked in a record store in Hackensack, NJ with a whole mess of great people, many of whom I’m still in … Continued
The First Cut Is the Hardest – A Clip & Process
First there is a lot of procrastination. I’m not a procrastinator by nature, but something about editing really brings it out in me. Like now, as I’m writing this, I have Final Cut Pro open and I should be working … Continued
Soleri Bells: A Clip – and an Emerson Quote, Too
I opened early cuts of the film with this quote. Do your work and I shall know you. Do your work and you shall reinforce yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson I ditched the idea of opening with a quote, not because … Continued
A Bridge by Paolo Soleri: A Clip
On December 11, 2010, the Soleri Bridge and Plaza will officially open in Scottsdale, AZ. When I interviewed Soleri this past July, I asked him if he had any thoughts on the fact that the amphitheater he designed and built … Continued
Flash, A-aaaaahhhh, Savior of the Universe!
If you watched the “Cloning Redwoods” clip, “Jill Tarter on Growing Up in the 1950s” clip, or “Paolo Soleri at Dome House” clip, you probably noticed that archival material will play a key role in A Life’s Work. But I’m … Continued
Hardest/Easiest Work Environments So Far in 2010 – by Andy Bowley
Today’s post was written by cinematographer Andy Bowley. Hardest? That’s easy. I was in Monrovia’s largest cemetery, documenting “Decoration Day,” a Liberian national celebration devoted to cleaning up gravesites and (it must be said) drinking. It was unbearably hot, a … Continued
Unquantifiability of a Place, Part 1: A Clip
I was saddened by the news that the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater in Santa Fe, NM, is scheduled to be razed. Soleri received the commission in 1966 and it was built by him, his apprentices, and students from the Institute of … Continued
It Was 50 Years Ago Today: A Clip
April 8, 1960. Frank Drake conducts the first SETI experiment, pointing a radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, at the star Tau Ceti. To commemorate the anniversary, here’s a snippet from a sample I put together a while back. … Continued
Searching for Gospel Vinyl – A Clip
Ta-da! A clip of the fourth subject, the Black Gospel Music estoration Project’s Robert Darden. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5BN9iMrmQ[/youtube] Wolfgang Held and I followed Robert around the South Side of Chicago in August 09. Here he is looking for some rare gospel vinyl … Continued
Cloning Redwoods: A Longer Clip
Back in August of ’09 I linked to editor (and new dad!) Cabot Philbrick’s website. He had included a portion of the redwoods section on his reel. That clip was truncated and sized for Cabot’s web site. Here’s the whole … Continued